The swans in my family are from Tasmania and more than likely engand but l have got that far back yet. Certainly not to 1700's.
lehannew

As far as I know I have no Swan relatives in Tasmania but yours could easily have come from England. There are a hell of a lot in Kent and other counties. There is a book which I have yet to see myself called 250 yrs of Swan family history written by Shirly Rae Coote. It was privately published 1985. It may be held in the Tas archives or genealogy society. I reckon it would be worth chasing down and probably holds a lot of clues. Check the convict records also.
Hope this helps
Shauna

Your great grandfather Samuel MAURER had a sister named Cecilia. She married Hammon De Voss (who was the brother of my great great grandfather Frederick Voss of Gunnedah NSW, the son of German immigrants.

Alison
VOSS descendant (and CANTWELL researcher!) ... it's a small world isn't it?

Your right Alison it is a amall world. we werent related by the Cantwells but definately via the Maurers.
My brother has given me a lot of info on the Maurers which I can send you if you like.I havent got my head around it yet. Below is a little bit on your family.
child (viii) Cecilia Johanna Maurer married Herman Henry Voss [known as Harry] (b.1862) on 29.2.1888 at the Waterloo Hotel near Glen Innes, NSW. Their children were: Herbert Charles Voss, b.30.12.1888; Hannah Christina Voss [known as Christina], b.24.9.1890; Norman Henry Voss, b.1.8.1892; Archibald H. Voss, b.1892; Vida Lillian Voss, b.8.11.1894; Dorothy Helena Voss, b.18.8.1898; Ethel G. Voss, b.1901; Daphne C. Voss, b.1905. Cecilia Johanna Voss died 6.8.1935 in Glen Innes, NSW
I need to simplify it before I put in a journal
Cheers
Shauna

Dear Shauna, Hi again. I have my family tree at GenesReunited and I have gathered quite a bit of information on my VOSS ancestors and their descendants but I am always looking for more info. I have the VOSS information you list above. Note that Norman and Archibald VOSS were twins.

You should hopefully be contacted by another MAURER descendant who has his tree on GenesReunited and has the MAURER etc. tree going back to the 1800s in Germany.

Alison. :)

Thanks Alison,
I am going away for a week to visit my family so I'll get to your site when I return. Tell me, does it cost to sign up for genesreunited as I am not a member.
Kind regards
Shauna

Dear Shauna,


I thought you may be interested in http://www.genesreunited.com.au/

It’s a great site I’m using to find out more about my family history.
It’s free to register and you can:

- Trace your ancestors
- Build your family tree.
- Reunite with relatives you've lost contact with
- Discover relatives you never knew you had

Click here to take a look
GenesReunited

You can register for free, but annual membership costs (Australian dollars) I think around $19.95 and is well worth it. You can join up secure site and pay via credit card, you will get a little gold padlock in the browser bar which means it is safe to pay online.

What I love about the website is it gives you an email of HOT MATCHES with your tree every fortnight. You can also easily build your family tree and see it visually as 3 tiered generations in little boxes. Gives a great picture in your head. Also has message boards and much much more.

Have a great little holiday visit with your family.

Cheerio,
Alison.

Hi,
I would be the other Maurer descendant alison mentioned. I have sent a contact e-mail to you but basically your gm Olive is my great aunt.

cheers

Darren

Hi Darren,
Great to make contact with another relative from my tree. My brother Brendan has all the info on the Maurers and he will soon contact you via email
Cheers
Shauna

Hi,
I have only recently started looking into our family history but was a little excited to see you mention my gran Ethel Grace Voss b Nov 1900 in your comments.She is the daughter of Herman Henry Voss and Cecilia J Maurer. Ethel married James Norman Stafford in 1927 and themselves had a large family. She died in 1958 but very little information was passed down. I'll be keeping an eye out for anymore info and will add my own info soon.
So, HI to a distant reli!
Karen

Hi to you distant relative Karen,
I do have some info on the Your Cecilia's ascendancy. I will try and write a brief summary of it soon and look forward to seeing what you know as well.
Cheers
Shauna

Hi
The Swan's I have in my family are from the West Maitland area of NSW , my Charlotte Swan married a James Saunders whom are my ggg grandparents. I don't know if there is a connection
regards
Karen

Hi Karen.
As far as I know there are no Charlotte Swans in my tree. The only one is a Charlotte unknown that married Joshua Swan both born 1799. They did not have any children though. Sorry I cant help.
Good luck with your searching
Shauna

Hello I too am related to William Swan and acording to my Family book I have the swan's Dating back to the mid 1600's from Egland and Richard Swan the First Swan to Land in America.

Would love to chat more about this and link you some more.

Sarah Swan

I've referred some GenesReunited members to this site as it appears they are VOSS / MAURER descendants.

Alison
VOSS descendant.